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In the late 1930s, a little boy on a Papua New Guinean island saw a plane — its left wing engulfed in flames — crash onto the beach. The little boy told his elders, but they didn't believe him. The tide quickly dragged the plane offshore and underwater, where it's now covered with coral. And it might not be just any plane: One amateur historian thinks it could belong to Amelia Earhart. "We're still exploring to try to find out whose plane it is. We don't want to jump ahead and assume that it's Amelia's," said William Snavely, the director of Project Blue Angel, the group spearheading the project to identify the plane. "But everything that we're seeing so far would tend to make us think it could be." [In Photos: Searching for Amelia Earhart] On a diving expedition in August 2018, divers with Project Blue Angel said the sunken plane matched certain characteristics of Earhart's plane, a Lockheed Electra 10E. The team also found a glass disc that could possibly be a light … [Read more...] about Is This Amelia Earhart’s Plane? Debris from Wreck Found Off Papua New Guinea

Christian Edwards, provided by Published 11:55 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 REUTERS/David Gray A mini Pacific Game of Thrones will be going down this weekend as Papua New Guinea plays host to 21 nations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Port Moresby. Australia and China in particular will be vying for influence and they already have the checkbooks out. China's President Xi Jinping is already on the ground in Papua New Guinea for a state visit. But Bridi Rice, the Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Australian Council of International Development and a former Australian government anti-money-laundering adviser to Papua New Guinea says the country needs genuine partners, not handouts. On Friday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison joined his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on an historic visit to the northern Australian city of Darwin that Japanese forces attacked more than 75 years ago Just a few hours earlier, Chinese President Xi … [Read more...] about APEC host Papua New Guinea doesn’t need cheap cash and hollow promises, it needs a genuine solution

Chinese officials warned on Monday that Vice President Mike Pence could destabilize the South China Sea by appearing at this week’s meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. China warned the U.S. and other “outside powers” to refrain from disrupting China’s plans to draft a code of conduct for the South China Sea.China’s state-run Global Times muttered about Pence stirring up trouble at the ASEAN summit when it kicks off on Tuesday: “The South China Sea situation has been stable, but since US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to attend the summit, the topic might be put forward,” Li Kaisheng, a research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Monday. China and the ASEAN countries have come to a consensus on the South China Sea issue, which is to control hostilities over the divergence and adhere to the Code of Conduct in the South … [Read more...] about China Bristles at Mike Pence Visit to Southeast Asia Summit

Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press Updated 11:33 pm PST, Monday, November 12, 2018 Second lady of the United States Karen Pence speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the residence of U.S ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Second lady of the United States Karen Pence speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the residence of U.S ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP Second lady of the United States Karen Pence delivers a speech during an art therapy grant event at the residence of U.S ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Second lady of the United States Karen Pence delivers a speech during an art therapy grant event at the residence of U.S ambassador to Japan in Tokyo, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Photo: Koji Sasahara, AP Second lady of the … [Read more...] about AP Interview: US VP’s wife champions art therapy in Japan

During their first royal tour as as newlyweds, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greeted well-wishers outside Australia's Sydney Opera House. But one elderly woman in a wheelchair stood out to the prince. Her name is Daphne Dunne, and the 98-year-old has actually met Prince Harry twice before. Dunne and the prince first met during his 2015 trip to Sydney, The Associated Press reports. Three years ago, Prince Harry noticed Dunne while greeting fans outside the Sydney Opera House. He noticed a Victoria Cross medal around Dunne's neck and walked up to the elderly woman to sign the honor for her. A Victoria Cross is one of the highest awards the in British honors system. Dunne says the medal was awarded to her first husband, Albert Crowne, after he died in Papua New Guinea in 1945 during World War II. Prince Harry and Dunne met again last year, during a day of events to mark the official launch of the Invictus Games Sydney 2018. This time, Dunne got to meet the … [Read more...] about Prince Harry reunites with 98-year-old Australian fan and introduces her to Meghan Markle